Skylight and ventilating means for hog-houses.



C. 0. WHITNELL.

SKYLIGHT AND VENTILATING MEANS FOR HoG HOUSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13. l9l6.

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C. 0. WHITNELL. SKYLIGHT AND VENTILATING MEANS FOR HOG HOUSES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, IsIe.

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SKYLIGHT AND Lafraise.

Specification of Letters Patent.

VENTILATING MEAN' S FOR HOG-I-IOUSES.

Patented Feb. 13, 191'?.

appncationrled May 13, 191e.4v semaine. 97,369.

To all w/wm/ may concern; f

Be it known that I, CI-LxnLns O. wWHrrNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kingsley, in the county of Plymouth and State of iowa, have `invented new anduse.- ful Improvements in Skylights and Ventilating Means for Hog-Houses, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertainsto sky.- lights and Ventilating means; andlit has for one of its objects to provide apskylight designed more ,particularly for se on hog houses and embodying a section capable of being swung upwardly intoan openposition, and means through the; medium or' which said section can b e expeditiously and easily raised and adjustably maintained in a raised position.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a skylight embodying a fra-me constructed with aview `to strongly holding glass, and at the same time electually protecting the glass, and `affording channels for the free passage of water. Y,

Other objectsl and advantageous...charac-` teristics of the inventionwill` be fullynnderstood from the following description and claims when the same arey read in connection with the drawings', accompanying and forming part of this specication, in which:

Figure 1 is an end elevation of myvnovel skylight with the glass-carrying section as it appears when in closed position.A

Fig. 2 is a transverse section takenlin a means for raising and lowering and adjustably liXing theglass-` carrying section.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinaLvertical section with the glass-carrying section in raised po-I sition.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail end elevation illustrative of the longitudinal-central member of the frame for holding the glass.

Similar numerals Aof reference `designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings. v l

The illustrated embodiment of my invention which is an opening surrounded by an upstanding rectangular flange 2, and hinged at 4l is the frame 3 ofthe section that is adapted to be swung upwardly and downwardly on the flange 2 of the base. The frame 3 is equipped as illustrated with a. longitudinal bar 16, and receiving and movable on the said Vbar is the eye 18 of an arm 17. The. said arm 17 is carried at one end ofa rock shat't which is journaled` in a bearing` 19 on the base flange 2, and at its opposite end the said shaft merges into an arm 2O which, in turn, terminates in a handlej21. Byvirtue of this construction, it will be` manifest that when the parts are relatively arranged as shown in Fig. 3, the arm 17 will serve to maintain the swinging' section inraised position and without liability `of the swinging section casually falling. Vhen, however, the handle 21 is pressed toward,v the right in Fig. 3, the swinging section will be lowered to its closed position on the Hange 2 of the base and will be vcontrolled incidental to the downwardmovement so as to preclude the possibility of breakage. lt will also be manifest `from the foregoing that when the swngingsection is in its closed position and it is desired to open the same lj`or `ventilating purposes, .it is simply necessary to api ply sufliciyent eiiort to swing thehandle 21 in Fig.` 3 toward the left whereupon the swinging section will beraised to and secured in the positionushown in the said gure.

The swinging Isection illustrated comprises the frame 3, glass panels 15, anda guard 16 of woven wire or other reticulated material suitable to the purpose. It'will also be observed that the said section comprises a longitudinal member which is shown in detail in Fig. l and will be .hereinavfterspecifcally referred to.V @ne end wall 8 of the frame 3 is plain at its upper edge as `illustrated and is providedwith glass-retaining devices 9 of pliable metal. The otherend wallet the frame 3, however, as Awell. as the side walls thereof, are provided, with outwardly directed trough-like portions 5; the portion complementary to the end wall being in communication with the portions of the side wall, and the portions 5 of the side walls heilig open at their ends adjacent to the end wall 8 so as to permit of the free discharge of water therefrom. The outer walls 01' the trough-like portions 5 are carried upwardly as indicated by 6, and the said wall portions 6 are merged at their upper edges into inwardly and downwardly extending glass-holding portions 7. It will be noticed in this connection that the portions 5, 6 and 7, are set outwardly beyond the major portion of the frame 8 and that therefore the said portions are adapted to support the guard 1G and serve for the fastening oit' the side edges ther-cot', the said side edges being bent under the portions 5 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 with the result that the gnard is strongly fastened in position without the assistance of extraneous devices. By reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 8, it will be observed that the outer edges and the inner ends of the glass panels 15 rest within and above the trough-like pon tions 5, and that therefore the said portions 5 are well adapted to catch water trom the panels and convey the same out of the skylight.

The longitudinal member of the glasscarrying section is iixed in approved manner to the end wall S and the opposite end wall oi? the trame 3. The said member is open at its end adjacent to the wall 8, and is closed at its opposite or inner end. lt will also be observed by reference to Figs. 1, Q and 4f, that the longitudinal member is strongly made of a single piece of sheetmetal, and it comprises upper and lower crown thicknesses 10 and 11, side by side upstanding portions 12 and trough-like portions 13, which terminate in inwardly extending lips 14. The bights at the outer edges ot the thicknesses 10 and 11 are adapted to rest on the glass panels 15 while the trough-like portions are adapted to rest under and support the panels. From this it follows that the portions 10 and 11 will protect the inner side edges of the panels 15 while the portions 13 will catch any water that may find its way past said edges and will conduct such water out of the skylight.

' In the preferred embodiment of my invention, the end wall 8 of trame 3 is provided with a lip, and the retaining devices are carried by the -said lip; the said retaining devices being bent against the ends ot the panels 15 after the said panels are pushed home in the frame.

I would have it distinctly understood that while I have elected to illustrate the glass holding and guarding portion of my invention on a frame that is adapted to be raised and lowered, the said glass-holding and guarding portion ot the invention may be embodied in a skylight frame of any other description without involving depar- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the ture from the scope of my invention as defined in my appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is: e 1. A skylight comprising a trame having an upright wall on which is a downwardly and outwardly and upwardly extending portion forming an exterior trough, transparent means extending above said trough, and a guard oireticulated material supported on said upwardly extending portion and above the transparent means and having an edge portion that is carried downwardly outside the trough and inwardly under the trough, whereby the guard is secured of itself on the trame.

Q. A skylight comprising a sheet-metal frame having side walls and an end wall on the upper edges of which are outwardly and downwardly extending trough-like portions, and also having portions extending upwardly from the outer walls of the trough-like portions and holding portions extending inwardly and downwardly Jirom said upwardly extending portions, transparent means supported on the trame and extending under the holding portions and into the trough-like portions, and a guard of reticulated material supported on said holding portions of the frame and extending downwardly outside the trough-like portions and bent inwardly under said portions.

3. A. skylight comprising a frame having an upright wall on which is a downwardly and outwardly and upwardly extending portion forming an exterior trough and also having the upwardly extending portion carried above the trough and equipped with an inwardly and downwardly extending holding portion and forming a bight apertured to support a guard, transparent means extending under the holding portions and above the trough, and a guard of reticulated material supported on said bight of the upwardly extending portion and held by said trough.

1n testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. Y

CHARLES O. WHITNELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN B. PHnLrs, Gro. H.Y Prmnrs.

Commissioner of Yatents.

Washington, D. C. 

